Apparently we almost had Michael Fassbender as Kylo Ren...
well they thought about it. Don't know if they asked him or not
I dug through the pre-JJ Directing rumors and worked my way all they way up until actual trailer news after the movie came out and posted stuff in here about Fassbender
The Fassbender stuff was
really early on. Like JJ first signed on and they were still using Arndt's story that was roughly based on George's
. I always felt like whatever he was up for was one of the roles they cut out of the script because the story didn't last past the initial reports.
Just going by the rumors it seems like Driver was their first choice for Kylo.
Hugo Weaving was a part of those early rumors too and it just feels like Hux was done with him in mind (every report says his character was an "Imperial Commander). Cumberbatch was basically Phasma until they got backlash for not having enough women in the film and Gary Oldman said he talked to them for about a part that feels like it either got written out or was Lor Tekka
Going through that Art Book and matching the dates of that stuff with certain rumors is pretty interesting too
Like it's confirmed that they had meetings with MBJ, and Chiwetel Ejiofor and it's also confirmed that Poe was originally black so that must of been the part they were up for.
Early Rey artwork was actually done in the image of Chloë Moretz
Surprised the rumor mill for VIII casting hasn't picked up yet
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